Alice's cafe sits under a broad brimmed, corrugated iron verandah on the South side of Gawler Street, Mount Barker. It is my first time here, the Mexican and Macrocarpa both do good coffee, we are spoilt for choice. The street outside is breezy and hot, traffic shifts and settles.
Raw brick, whitewash, high ceilings and slow fans over red and black tables. Macro-photography focussing on the curve of a fresh green tendrils or leaf of a grapevine, or the topography of a roadside in stonewashed bitumen and autumn leaves. Bluesy guitar and ballads are a good match for the heat of the day.
If I had a laptop I could surf from here. Today I have a book and chilled coffee.